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Summary: I really enjoyed this book
Review: I bought Ender's Game because so many people recommended it to me. Later I wondered why I had listened. A book about a little boy who is a genius, taken away from his family at the age of six to save the world? Not my cup of tea, or so I thought. One of my reading groups, Armchair Readers 2, was doing a group read of Ender's Game and I thought I might as well read it with them.I was pulled in almost from the beginning. When Earth was attacked by the "Buggers", they were taken by surprise. It was almost an accident that humans were able to destroy them. To prepare for another invasion, Earth began breeding military geniuses who would save the world. Children wore monitors from an early age so that their every thought, word, and deed was recorded. Ender Wiggin was the best of the best. Taken from his family at the age of six, he begins his education in war games strategy and command. My heart ached for Ender's lost childhood and loneliness. As each test got harder and his isolation more complete, his determination for success grew. He knew he couldn't depend on anyone but himself because that was all he had. I quickly became attached to Ender and some of the secondary characters, as well. Geniuses all, they knew the world was depending on them and they pushed themselves to their limits. I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: Ender's Game ....... compared to Ender's Shadow
Review: ...I read Ender's Game for the first time about a year ago, enjoyed it, read Ender's Shadow, (a parallel novel, meaning it's the same story from another character's point of view), and just recently reread Ender's Game and found it not as exciting as it was the first time. In Ender's Shadow the plot is the same, but the character is different. Orson Scott Card wrote Ender's Shadow in much more depth ... it essentially being the second time he wrote the book. Ender's Game is a story, a few thoughts, an overlook of other characters, and a finale. The action and the happenings of the book make it interesting. But Ender's Shadow, on the other hand, hardly mentions any monumental happenings other than the things happening in the main character, Bean's, direct world. After reading Ender's Game for a second time, I would have enjoyed to have Ender more deeply brought out. He is a rather shallow character in comparison to Bean, (the main character of Ender's Shadow), and he has no real personality. Only simple emotions are found in Ender, while Bean has a much more complicated mind. Ender's Shadow goes inside Bean and tells of his life, while Ender's Game tells the story of battle school where Ender just happens to be the best person there. In Ender's Shadow you know what Bean thinks, you know how he feels, and you understand him more. Ender's Game just has action. Before I reread Ender's Game ... right after I finished Ender's Shadow ... I was a bit disappointed and I missed the action of Ender's Game. But after reading Ender's Game again I missed the in depth characters. There are high points and low points to both books ... the action of Ender's Game compared to the depth of Ender's Shadow. I had to give this book four stars. If I had reviewed it after the first time I read it I would have given it five. But there are things that it is missing that Ender's Shadow holds, and there are things that Ender's Shadow holds that Ender's Game is missing. Orson Scott Card wrote Ender's Game, then wrote Ender's Shadow, adding everything that Ender's Game didn't have. The two books kind of depend on each other, and for those of you who have read Ender's Game, I highly suggest reading Ender's Shadow. It will give you not only a more in depth look into the battle school, it will also show you other characters from the same time period.
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Summary: A review
Review: Ender's Game is the first novel in a four-book science fiction series written by Orson Scott Card. The main charecter, Ender Wiggin, is being sent to a military program in space designed to prepare and train childeren as soldiers in the next invasion by the buggers, a feared race of aliens who have twice nearly brought humanity to the brink of destruction. This book is very dramatic, makes you think, and in my opinion is a very good read. If you like science fiction novels, I highly suggest you read this book and find out what happens to Ender! However, if you are a slower reader (no offense), I would not suggest this book. If you have already read this book an would like to read the other books in this series they are Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, and Chideren of the Mind.
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Summary: A Must-Read.....
Review: Ender's Game is an exciting book about a young man named Ender who uses his genius abilities to plan a counter-attack to save Earth from being completely destroyed. He uses some strategies that would probably work in today's times, if needed...
I would recommend all to read this book because it is full of adventure and intrigue and it will keep you coming back for more.
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Summary: A mature look at childhood
Review: Many times adults don't stop to think about how mature our children really are. Ender's Game is a perfect example of the "grown-up" decisions a child must make whether he is or is not aware of it himself. Ender Wiggin is a boy; one of extreme intelligence, but still a boy. He is made to play games in order to become a better soldier in war. At first it is the game that intrigues him. He is drawn into the art of winning and learns how to manipulate the game to suit his purpose. What Ender is not aware of is that the game was never a game. It was a reality that was hidden from him in order to keep his sanity. Though Ender runs close to loosing his mind, his fighting spirit won't allow to stop the game. Orson Card does a magnificent job in creating this adult world for a child to save. The obstacles Ender must face, as unfair as they may seem, keep the reader spellbound, wondering what Ender will do next. Ender is the epitamy of the child in every adult that tells us to keep playing, no matter how hard the game gets. Although there are many times Ender wants to quit, the reader makes him unable to quit. I was unable to put the book down until I knew what the final outcome of the game would be. Ender's Game is a wonderfully written book about a young child being forced into an adult world through the use of games. I would highly recommend this book for young and old minded alike.
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Summary: A breathtaking ride....
Review: Having never been a fan of sci-fi, I was more than a little iffy about undertaking Ender's Game. Since it is usually considered "classic" sci-fi, I decided to be open-minded and give it a shot. I'm incredibly glad that I did, because this book was nothing short of touching. Ender Wiggin grows up in a futuristic society where families can only have an allotted number of children, and the Wiggins's just happen to be allowed to produce three incredible geniuses. At the age of 6, Ender enters a battle school where he will be conditioned and trained to be the greatest of intergalactic commanders, destined to save the world from the latest and largest alien attack that Earth has ever seen. The fate of the world lies in the hands of a boy genius with hopes, dreams, and a family that he must leave behind to fulfill his duty. Card does an exquisite job tapping into Ender's young, but extraordinarily advanced mind. There is a mixture of childhood longing and ageless maturity that makes Ender a tragic and inspiring hero. With surprises at every turn, breathtaking tension, and heart-wrenching characters, Ender's Game can stand proudly as a classic far above any labels that might be tacked to it.
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Summary: Ender's Game
Review: Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game is a futuristic book that looks at how the world would handle being attacked by an alien species. Some say that art is an imitation of life, in many cases this seems to be true with this book. The world does not take being attacked and almost destroyed by the "buggers" and has taken on the attitude that we, the inhabitants of the Earth, must win at any cost. All the nations of the world have come together for this one purpose-to be prepared for the buggers if and when they attack next. More importantly, we want to get them before they get us.
When the buggers attacked Earth, it took the entire world by surprise. No one was adequately prepared. In the mist of all that confusion, one man, Mazer Rackham, made a lasting impression and the military wants to "recreate" his genius and bring it into this new generation. Driven by this purpose the military adopts what I believe to be an unusual tactic-they literally groom children from the womb for war. Mere children as young as three years of age are fitted with a "monitor" in the back on their neck that connects into their spinal cord. These "monitors" allow the controller to experience everything that the child hears, sees, feels, and does. Only by knowing the child's every movement, every thought, and every motive can the military forces weed out the best prospects for the war on the buggers. The children that are deemed worthy are then sent to Battle School to learn the tactics of war.
One child in particular, Ender Wiggins, shows extraordinary potential. It is he that is used as a pawn in the earth's war on the buggers. Although only six years old, Ender is highly intelligent and is driven by what he perceives to be a just cause. He is young enough to be easily controlled. His entire life has been orchestrated in such a way to leave him isolated and unloved. These two elements combined mark him as the perfect weapon. Ender craves acceptance-he will only gain that through excelling at Battle School. Ender wants to be loved-the only person who ever loved him, his sister Valentine, has been taken away from him. To further control him, his superiors give Ender just enough information to make him believe in their war, fearing that he would not fight if he was ever allowed to see the whole picture. In the end, Ender is a mere toy designed for a specific purpose-to kill-and once that purpose is accomplished, he is a dangerous weapon they want to dispose of.
If it is true that art is an imitation of life, I pray that we never encounter another species. This book depicts how little respect we have for each other and possibly for another life form. The drive was so strong to be conquerors that they were willing to sacrifice their own children. In today's society we send grown men off to war and they come back, if they come back, scarred and damaged. We send young men, barely able to carry the title of "man" on their slender shoulders into the territory of certain death. But we do not send six-year-old children. We do not disguise the horrors of war as "games" to entice the young mind and we do not use trickery and manipulation to strip children of their innocence in order to turn them into "universal soldiers."
Ender's Game is an interesting novel full of wonders and intrigue. It also makes one think about our humanity and our moral system. Just how far are we truly willing to go to be rulers?
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Summary: Mature Children of the Future
Review: Ender is an extremely mature child in my opinion compared to the childlike figures that are typically seen in books. I was blown away with the language he used when speaking to his siblings and other characters. I was surprised by Ender's high sense of guilt and wrong. Throughout the book he has an inner struggle about what he deems to be right and wrong. To be so young, he has a strong sense of responsibility of his actions. He also has a strong sense of integrity that I would not have expected to see in someone his age. Ender is presented in my opinion as a boy trying to find himself in a world where how he feels and what he thinks is unimportant. It is mind blowing to read the level of knowledge Ender has at such a young age and how he reacts to being a Third. I found it equally interesting to understand the notion of there being a Third, the idea of it reminded me of Gattica, where people in the society had to have permission to have children and the goal of having children was to create perfect beings. The course of the story takes you on a series of adventures that seem like a life like game of the future. If you like science fiction or books with a space age feel, you'll love Ender's Game. I personally do not like this genre, but found Ender's Game to be worth the time it took for me to read it.
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Summary: Ender's Review
Review: Ender's Game is a very exciting book. The fact that Ender is six years old when he is called for duty leaves the reader wanting to learn more. It is not an everyday thing that a young child is called off for duty in battle school. Ender also has has a monitor in the back of his neck since he was born. This may seem like a simple device, but the monitor kept track of everything Ender did. Then Ender lost his monitor, which completely changed his life. Later on the same day he lost his monitor, Ender got in a fight with some boys at school. There were many boys against him and they were much larger than him. In the end, Ender used his wit and not his muscles to defeat the boys. Since Ender could take on the boys, Col. Graff visited him that day. The colonel asked Ender to go with him. This spot in the novel is one of the most important parts in the novel because Ender has a very tough choice to make. He can either go with Graff to train to save the world, or he can stay at home with his brother, Peter, and sister, Valentine and live a normal life. In the end, he chooses to go with Graff. These scenes are what make the novel very interesting and compelling. There are other instances of this in the novel. For example, when Ender had just boarded the space shuttle, he was confronted by a group of kids, much like his previous fight at school. Once again, Ender uses his thinking skills and gets himself out of trouble. Even though he uses his mind at first rather than his fists, Ender does not completely hide from trouble. The fact that Ender uses his mind to hit people makes the story even better. Because Ender had kicked the kids, he now has a sense of guilt that hangs over him through out the entire novel. The guilt that he has makes the novel even more interesting. When Ender finally has to defeat the buggers, he over comes this guilt for a brief moment and destroys the entire fleet of ships, thus saving Earth. Ender's Game is a very interesting and easy to read to book.
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Summary: The Best
Review: This is one of the best books I have ever read! Pick this book up if you have a chance.
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